Century Child

ick

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:40:05 GMT

officially sick. Have been for three days now. Left a note at work saying I wouldn't be in. Whoever was at Service Desk that day didn't give it to the manager like I asked. How do I know? Cause they just called me wondering why I wasn't at work. So, to the person who was at service desk that day, you are an idiot with no common sense.

Can you tell I'm irritated? If someone asks to give something to a manager, don't you think it'd be important? Of course not, they'll just let it sit on the counter like it's no big deal.

Sorry. This form of sickness has me sort of edgy, hence the slight rudeness. *points up*. My work's usually ok with people calling in sick, as long as they call in. If I miss more than two days of work in a row, I have to bring in a doctor's note. Understandable, I can see why they'd do something like that.

Unfortunately for me my dad is a lazy asshole who won't get off his bed/computer to either look up the closest clinic that could give antibiotics. No, instead he asks me to call the nearest pharmacy and ask them myself.

Load of bullshit. You know? I'm glad I'm moving in with my grandparents soon. Cause you know, they know how to raise a child. Not act like a lazy moron. Vindictive? Me? Nah. Never.

Comment Fic Battle Entry

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:22:04 GMT

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Genre: General, Implied Slash, AU
Author: Yuy Heero
Rating: PG-13/FRAO (Did I get that right? I can never remember...)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! *cries*

***Scattered Treasure***

Bleary amethyst eyes opened to see a cascade of sunlight already pouring through his curtains. He groaned audibly, turning over, and pulled the pillow over his head.

He hadn't been out of school for too long, but his body was still living through it. At least his internal clock was, and it was frustrating as hell!

After a few desperate minutes he finally gave up, kicking his blankets harshly off of him and to the floor, before sitting up with a yawn. He glanced around the room tiredly and his vision focused on a photo of him and his late grandfather. He smiled sadly to himself. It had been almost a year now since his death. His friends still mourned the loss, as did he. But his grandfather had taught him a long time ago that it did no good to dwell on the past.

After showering, brushing his teeth, and changing into his day clothes, he stretched. He was going to go up into the attic today to attempt to clean and sort it out. Hopefully.

He snorted. Yeah. Right.

Unfortunately for him his grandfather had also been a pack-rat of sorts, and it didn't help that the man was an archeologist in his younger days.

So he enlisted the help of one of his close friends-- Ryou Bakura. The British lad was soft-spoken and gentle in nature, but if you messed with his friends then you had to deal with his fiery temper. His white hair, chocolate colored eyes and pale white skin made him a natural target for bullies and jerks alike. That is, until he came. He protected the boy with every ounce of strength he had. For what reason he didn't know, just that it felt right. Instantly the two bonded and became best friends, thus making the bullies back off since they didn't want to be 'infected' by their 'freakishness'.

What a load of bullshit--

His thoughts were interrupted as a ring sounded throughout his home. He grinned. Running to the door and nearly tripping over his own feet in the process, he flung it open and proceeded to tackle the younger boy in a full on glomp.

Laughing, Ryou knew this was coming, fortunately, and had braced himself even before the door opened. Otherwise the impact would've sent them both right to the floor.

"You never get tired of that, do you Yugi?" Ryou laughed and picked the boy off of him who grinned impishly back.

"Nope!"

Ryou rolled his eyes. His best friend may be older than him physically...but mentally well--

A light smack to his shoulder interrupted that thought before he was pulled into the house, the door shutting behind them with a slam louder than intended.

"What sort of places did your grandfather go to, Yugi?" Ryou questioned as they made their way to the attic.

"All sorts of places, but I think he liked Egypt more. He seemed to go there a lot more than most of his other dig sites. Ah, here we go!" Yugi exclaimed as he reached up and pushed the attic door open with a creak. Dust immediately filled their eyes and noses, causing them both to sneeze and cough. Once it was clear enough for them to be able to breath properly, they climbed into the attic cautiously.

They both stared around them. Yes of course it was a mess in there but....

"Wow," Ryou breathed. Yugi nodded numbly. His grandfather was amazing! There was so much up here from his digs that he thought he should turn his attic into a museum! His gaze then traveled over to the lot of books and scrolls that were gathered up neatly on a dusty desk. He loved reading more than anything, and he itched to see what sort of text they held. He only hoped that it was in English or Japanese, otherwise it would take ages to decipher...

"Come on Yugi," Ryou was tugging on his shirt sleeve. He knew he had to snap the boy out of his dreamy-like state, he always got that way around any form of written article.

"Right," Yugi grinned at him and they got to work.

~~~*

Hours later, and it seemed like they only made a dent in the attic's messiness.

"I think we need back-up," Ryou panted as he leaned against Yugi for support, who also did the same.

"Yea....hey, what's that?" Yugi wondered aloud as he reached forward to grab an almost hidden scroll with a golden box underneath it. He blew the dust off the box, and glaring back at him in the attic's light was the Eye of Horris. His curiosity getting the better of him, he opened the box and it revealed a couple of pieces of....a puzzle?

As soon as his fingertips touched the golden puzzle pieces a presence other than his own seemed to cloud over his mind briefly. He shook his head to clear it. Odd, it felt sort of dark--

"Yugi...." Ryou exclaimed and handed over the scroll for him to read. Yugi's eyes widened, it was in his grandfather's writing! He knew that scrawl anywhere! He read through it carefully, his eyes looking thoughtful as he reached the end.

"Ryou," Yugi said as he stared at the two pieces that were in the golden box, "I think it's time we went to Egypt."

End Chapter One

Comment battle entry

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:18:19 GMT

We really need people to join, only five people have put up an entry so far! Let me know if you have any questions on the rules, and I'll do my best to answer them!

~~~~~~*

So earthequality has challenged her FLIST for a Comment Fic Battle through her LJ.

You guys can join!

Well, here are the rules:

1. You comment on this threat with a link to your Fic Battle LJ Entry. This Entry shall estate what you write about - fandoms, ratings, characters, genre, likes, dislikes, etc. You can also reply to that threat with your info, whatever works for you.

2. In your LJ Entry, people can comment, leaving you bunnies - it can be specific for a fandom/character, or just a general thought. Everybody can post as many bunnies as they want, but there's a limit of no more than one every two hours. If you don't wanna write, that's okay, you can still bunnie.

3. When you're done writing a fic for an specific bunnie, you reply to that comment with the fic itself or a link to it.

4. You don't have to use all the bunnies you're given.

5. The battle will run form September 1st to September 30th. Then, we all count our works and post our results. The one that wrote more fics is the winner.

Everyone get that?

Bunny me! Go ahead, please! *is accepting Miracle!grow*

LIKES: Slash, romance, angst, Het, AU (I likes AU)...I'm open to quite a bit :D

RATINGS: Can be anything, though I suck at writing sex scenes. I'm good with violence though. (Nah, I don't need therapy, really! :P)

*EDIT* :: FANDOMS: Gundam Wing, Resident Evil, X-men, Supernatural, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Harry Potter, Gravitation (almost forgot!)

Those are the ones I'm most into at the moment, but if you know that I write something else and it isn't posted, then please by all means, bunny me with that!

:D

Thanks, you guys!

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:06:20 GMT

Thanks for those of you who have already wished me a happy birthday! *hugs all*

-Yuy Heero

Hey, you sass that Hoopy Ford Prefect?

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:22:28 GMT

This a friendly reminder to all who know (or do not know, as the case may be) that this coming Monday is Towel Day! What is Towel Day, you ask?

Towel Day is celebrated every May 25 as a tribute by fans of the late
author Douglas Adams.[1] On this day, fans carry a towel with them to
demonstrate their love for the books and the author. The commemoration
was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on May 11,
2001.[2] The towel is a reference to Adams's popular science
fictionThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
comedy series

The original quote that referenced the greatness of towels is found in
Chapter 3 of Adams' work The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an
interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value.
You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold
moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded
beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep
under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of
Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth;
wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward
off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast
of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you
can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in
emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with
it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some
reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker
has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also
in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits,
flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear,
space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend
the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker
might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any
man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum
it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where
his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you
sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where
his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy:
really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

So bring out your towels on Towel Day, peoples! Pictures, fanfics, comments, as long as it isn't overly smutty, (Yes, *I'm* saying that XD) please post to show your support to Douglas Adams!

(Special thanks and credit to River Tam on Sylum for reminding me about this day *hugs*)

New LJ Community!

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:28:02 GMT

'Allo! I has made a new LJ community, for the wonderful Finnish Band, Nightwish. If you guys are interested in joining, let me know so I can send you an invite, or search for:

Nightwish_band

Thanks!
-01

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nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:16:34 GMT

Ok, so apparently today's the Day of Silence. I found this out about an hour-ish so ago...and my friends and I went out and tried to find a booth where they have the tags, etc...but we couldn't find one.

But-- we still support you guys out there.....><;; even tho' I feel kinda bad now for not looking up the day of silence this year. I'll do it next year, I promise. (especially since next year I most likely won't be single anymore....but that's a different story that I won't get into now)

And......if all goes well, one of my old friends and I plan on moving in together...while I move out of the family house.

For my family who may see this post, please let me explain before you try and call/email me being upset:

I am nineteen years old, almost twenty. My family knows full well that I absolutely hate mooching off of them for money, food, and expenses, when they have enough to go through as it is.

I am old enough to go out and live on my own, learn responsibility, and get out there.

For paying for everything, (rent, etc...) I am seriously looking around for a job, and as for the apartment, somewhere in the Crossroads area.

My mother is already Ok with it, in fact she wants to support me in anyway-shape-or-form.

For people who do see this post, if you wish to contact me about it, please either respond to this post, or email me. Do not AIM/MSN me, and do not call me.

I cannot live with my family forever, nor can I live off of them forever. Leaving my family and going out on my own is the only way I think, that I truly will grow up and learn to be responsible.

For family members, please don't bitch/rant about this at me, because I will not listen.
-Shuichi

Con piccies!

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:11:08 GMT

http://pics.livejournal.com/phoe_chan/gallery/000040h9

the pics I have uploaded as of now. I'll be uploading more later. Enjoy, minna-san!
-Shuichi

......

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:07:07 GMT

Ok....rant starts *now*

It is now that I have realized what my life has done for me so far....and it has done absolutely nothing.

I am getting nowhere with my education, even as my decision to be a music major remains unchanged, I am fully unsure of how and what to do to accomplish this properly.

My parents and family won't stop pressuring me to get a 4.0 GPA in class, and not stay at school so long, in other words, study all the time, and not have a life. Why can't they fucking leave me alone?! I am not Dev, I am not my perfect older brother who graduated high school with a IB Diploma, and who already graduted college a year or two ago with practically the same grades.

Now he has a high-paying job, and just-recently promoted as well. He keeps getting on my case about my grades, and how they are seemingly not good enough for him and the family. Therefore, he has been avoiding me, and avoiding talking to me because of this.

Why? What can I possibly do to convince my family that I am not this perfect fucking angel who bows to their every whim, and that I am my own person who wants to persue her dream of being on stage and performing music for people?

They support my ideas and decisions, no matter how strange and unappealing they may be to them.

A bit contradictory, ne?

My family's a bunch of hypocrites. Then again, may be I am as well.

So much has happened, and I just don't know what to do with it anymore. So much stress, and everything.

I keep getting the feeling that I want to do something....something big, significant, and spontaneous. And that it will change the rest of my life because of the end result.

However, I have no idea when this will happen. I have no idea what it will be, if it does happen.

For many nights, I have lain on my bed and cried, not knowing what else to do. Fully aware of that crying will not solve any issue, nor will it help the current. What can I possibly do to change this...? I may seem all happy and bouncy on the outside, like my friends and family have seen but truth be told,

I cannot deal with what is happening. My family won't listen to me, they keep talking completely through me as if I'm invisible, and they then expect me react and bow to their will. But what can I do?! I cannot do everything they want. What I want...

The only thing I want in my life right now, is the motivation and determination to move on and continue.

I know that there cannot be any shortcuts in life, and that if you attempt any of those, you will fall flat on your ass, and/or have it delievered to you on a silver platter.

What more.....school, education, music....that is my life right now.

So much. Yet so little.

I am not making enough of an impact on myself. I realize this now. I realize I have to change this.

The question is how....my path ahead is clouded. My mind does not know, nor does it comprehend.

For everybody else, I thank my wonderful friends who have remained by my side even when I have seemed rude or upset at them for any reason.

^__^; I don't know where I would be without their support. Arigatou Gozaimashta.

-Shuichi

P.S. For those of you who have cared enough to read through the whole thing, I am grateful. Any and all suggestions and opinions are welcome. You know how to find me.

Halloween

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:06:54 GMT

.....wow, I'm really into Halloween this year...

I plan on dressing in my Shuichi costume for this year's Halloween....though I'll wear jeans and sneakers instead of the shorts and knee high boots that made me feel like a hooker...>.<;;

I'm hoping that Dani can come in her Yuki costume...that'd be awesome. My friend Liz and I plan on bringing our cameras on Tuesday. We plan on going up the stairs every half an hour, look down onto the geek pit, and take pictures of everyone acting like well, geeks in our costumes. ^__^

*sigh* well, I'm off to get food. Ja ne!
-Shuichi

I'm happy.....

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:47:45 GMT

*sigh* I am happy.....

I only work Monday next week! W00t! Which means I get to do the parade, and the party....

which means...party on Sunday the 30th!

Now the only thing I'm worried about is if my group and I can get rooms for the hotel for Kumoricon...apparently their all soldout....but I doubt that's true. I'm going to look into that......ja ne....

-Phoe-chan

too...much...going..on....

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:43:22 GMT

argh.....there is way too much going on.

I have work. I just finished school. (thank god) I've got to organize my b-day party...(what a mess) I've got to get ready for Kumoricon. I also have to get ready for the parade! *bangs head against wall* and to top it off, I'm turning into an insomniac! I stay up till 3am nowadays either reading manga, is online, playing stepmania, or just can't get to sleep!

*sighs* I guess we can't have everything we want...but hey, if we did, then life would be boring as all hell. Life's a bitch, get used to it. *shrugs* have been for the past 19 years.

Also, I just realized that I schedule my b-day party for July 30th, SUNDAY. Go me. I thought I scheduled it for Saturday, but noo...Sunday. Go me....I'm sure smart when organzing stuff.

*sigh* oh well.

I might see Hikari-chan today! Yay....(the other Sara from Sakuracon...) It was her b-day yesterday (happy b-day)and we didn't hang out, but we are going to (hopefully) today. Gotto go, Ja ne!
-Phoe-chan

work.....sometimes can be boring

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:18:32 GMT

'Ello to all.

I just got home from work...and it was boring to all hell. Imagine about 50 people max. being there for 5 hours straight. Let's just say it gets real boring, and repetitive.

Although, on a better note...by boss said that next time we have the same shift and he's giving me a ride home, he's willing to let me test out my Jpop and Jrock Cd's over the speakers. Such as Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper songs....mind you, this was his idea, not mine. He said I could invite a couple of friends along to join the testing.

I still don't have my schedule for the week of my b-day yet!!! I'm still not sure if I can get that weekend off, I sent in the request form for it about three weeks ago. I know I'm going to get my actual b-day off, but I also requested that weekend off for the party and whatnot. I really hope I get that off.....if not...then I'm going to have to find someone to cover for me on Saturday and Thursday. Thursday for the parade, and Saturday for the party. I'm going to be busy that week, huh?

*sigh* oh well. Oh, another note....since I'm part of a group called sylumclan which is a gigantic RPG group whose characters are ALL vampires. I was Shuichi for a little while..but because my "mate" wasn't claimed (Yuki Eiri..duh..) I decided to switch characters. To whom? Well....Duo Maxwell's character was just claimed so I decided to claim his mate, Heero Yuy. Yep yep, I know RPG a former ex-assissin vampire. Ain't life great?? Rather fun though, RPG'ing someone completely different than myself. *grins* I can be evil to Duo and he won't bat an eye...*grins evilly* heh heh heh....

*coughs* right. The employees (including myself) at work decided to have fun with random things we found around Skate King and in the back room. Nearly caused me to spray soda out of my nose.... that hurt. One of our employees, Woody (that's his actual name) found a jump rope on top of one of the videogames. So he took it and started to jump rope...and or just fiddled with it and ended up getting tangled up. *smirk* Our floor guard...Lynn, he was on his skates and he took the jump rope and attempted to do the same. However....the rope got caught in his front brake, and he nearly fell. NEARLY. He didn't fall. He didn't jump rope after that though.....

Also...I think I question my boss's sanity. I can never tell when he's serious or just being sarcastic. *shrugs* doesn't really matter with him though. *sigh* well, I better go...ja!
-Phoe-chan

rant....rant....something....

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:13:40 GMT

hehehe...I still haven't completely recovered from last night's madness. For those of you who didn't come to the session..be grateful. You would've been pulling out your hair after the first hour of the pizza session. (8-10pm) I have work today too, to top it off. Tomorrow also....but it'll be fairly easy considering the fact that I'm at Skate counter. It's the easiest job there...when you get trained, that's the first thing they train you for. I'm used to everything now though, so it really isn't a problem for me. Wow....I've worked there for nearly six months now....how time flies.

I'm gonna be 19 in 11 days!!! W00t! Yatta...only two more years till I turn 21 and till my parents can leave me alone for good! Aren't I nice...Of course, if you have parents breathing down your neck about everything but your job (since they have no clue how to do it)...it kinda escalates your stress level a bit. Which is why I tend to avoid being at home during the day. Coming home around 7pm-8pm is normal for me. *shrugs* eh, it's not so bad...I've got my annoying older brother to put up with also. *glares at him 'cause I know he's reading this*

Oh btw...originally I was going to have people come to my house after the party at Gameworks...and well, just kinda hang out for a couple of hours. Of course, now that I've told my brother this, I have no idea if I still want to bring you guys over..seeing as how my brother swore he'd embarress me to all hell. *glares at him again* *shrugs* it could be worse..it could be....you know...public humiliation instead of just being humiliated in front of your friends that you've had since early high school. *sigh* oh well......off to do more stuff...

-Phoe-chan

work...baka...

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:39:08 GMT

Work....baka...(stupid, idiot, etc...)

God....why...why the hell do we have a PIZZA party of all times on a Friday night TEEN skate? Argh.....too, way too many kids coming up and asking three whole pizzas, please!

Me: *points to birthday area* unlimited pizza and soda for five bucks. Have to eat in birthday area ONLY. Keep wristband on at all times in that area. NEXT!!!! *repeats this about 200 times* *twitch*

Well....there was a lot of left over pizza...so everyone had at least about three slices, ended up being everyone's dinner. *shrugs* whatever works, right??

*sigh* well off to bed for me! Oyasuminasai! (Good night!)
-Phoe-chan

ne...ne...ne......teatari-shidai!!!!!=(Random!!)

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:11:26 GMT

As the title says...'teatari-shidai'! (random)

Well, my b-day plans are up and running (no, not out the door) and I now have a party reserved and ready to go and Gameworks on the 30th! Yep, to all you people whom I've sent invites to, the party is on July 30th, at Gameworks in Seattle. We're supposed to arrive there around 1:30pm. We'll have the actual party at 1:30-2:30pm in the grill/party area...then we go downstairs and play videogames till we drop for two hours! I got us two hour unlimited play gamecards from 2:30-4:30pm!

People, please do not throw up in anyway, shape, or form when you play seeing as how we won't have time to let our bodies to digest the food that is going to be given to us. Domo! (thank you)

Well, it seems as if me and a bunch of friends are going to be in a parade on the 28th of this month. It's the "Tour de Terrace" parade, up in Montlake Terrace. Sakuracon is being promoted through the parade with a float thingy...and they needed volunteers. So, I volunteered myself and asked a bunch of others to do the same...and there we go.

Me, Sarah, Dani, Ryan, (hopefully) Candace, (hopefully) and hopefully also Keith will join me in the parade. We will be doing Gravitation cosplay....duh. Cosplaying Gravitation characters in a parade? Hell ya! I just hope it won't be too cold...seeing as how skimpy Shuichi's concert outfit is. http://forgottenexpanse.com/images/gallery/48/P7300021_1.jpg_std.jpg

That's just a cosplayer doing the outfit...but it's the same one. I couldn't find a large enough shot of him in that outfit. Ah well. I will NOT be wearing a shirt that short. Hell NO. iie, Yadda (no, no way) May be once I loose my tummy fat, then yes. Otherwise no. So may be for Kumoricon. May be. Ah well

I think I got my boss into jpop and jrock. Weird, huh? He's never heard of the stuff before I mentioned it. He's a musician in his spare time, so he was interested. Of course, that prompted me into burning him a CD of Tamaki Nami, Bad Luck, Nittle Grasper, Two-mix..etc..

Heh, I'm burning him more songs now. More Bad Luck songs! He also wanted the english translated lyrics for Shining Collection. Crap! I still need to write those down before I go to work... *grins sheepishly* daijoubou...daijoubou...(it's ok, it's ok)

On another random note...my friend Kaylee (from geek pit) somehow managed to snatch "Arashi" concert tickets! *shakes fist at her* grr....since she's in Japan now, she gets to see them live.....for anyone who's interested in seeing who the heck Arashi is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z7D7j3rdIs&search=arashi

that song is just to show off the suits...and it is pure crack of the good kind. Yay for rainbows and sparkles!!! Wheeeee! Ohoho, there goes Ohno....(lead singer) Ja ne!
-Phoe-chan (aka Shuichi)

P.S. Once you watch that video...err..let's just say that Arashi is very, very slashy. Very Shounan-ai. it's so kawaii...(cute)

.......ne...

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:42:00 GMT

Well, I'm back.....and it's been a while. I've been busy juggling work and school, so I haven't really had the time to post. Plus with my b-day coming up that I've been planning, I have that on my hands as well.

Argh...I just got back from work today...it's 11:36pm... I hate doing late night sessions on Saturday, simply because the session doesn't end until 10:30pm.

Although with my b-day party coming up, that's a bit of a perk right there. Especially since I get to see a lot of my friends again....most of which I haven't seen since Sakuracon. A little over three months.

Also, since there's only two...no, one and a half more months till Kumoricon, it's a bit of a rush to finish costumes, and get ideas together. *sigh* oh well.

On a brighter note...I saw Pirates of the Caribbean II yesterday! It was an awesome movie...and I definately wouldn't mind seeing it again. For those of you who have not seen it, GO SEE IT! It's worth watching, especially if you liked the first one. This one is just as good as the first one.

*yawns*

Well, I better head off to bed....and I'll try and post more later...ttyl!
Sayonara,
-Phoe-chan

No more school...kinda...

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:55:37 GMT

Well, there's currently no more school for me for the next two weeks. Then I start summer quarter, and Japanese 101! W00t....I think. It'll be kinda intense since summer quarter's not even a month long. It ends on the 22nd or something of July. Right before my b-day too...so I don't have to worry about classes during my b-day.

Speaking of which, anyone who's on my friend's list here is invited to the party. Still unsure of what we're actually going to do though. (My b-day is July 26th)

I'm so glad I know so many people besides my brother who's into computers. One of the guys from the geek pit, Dan, decided to download bittorrent onto my computer. Which makes things a lot easier for me, since I can now download both manga and anime, and not have to pay a dime for them. I can also download music too....sooo....there goes all my memory and hard drive space. ^_^''.

Well, I should get going to eat food. Food good. Later.
-Phoe-chan

P.S. for anyone's who's interested, the guy who cosplayed Tohma (Keith) gave me a CD with photos from Sakuracon. There's more photos on there than what was on Sara's link. Btw, Tohma took pics of the Bad Luck concert, the one that I was the lead singer in.....*twitch* Why'd he have to go and do that? Remind me next time I see him to kick him. Later!

back to ok...

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:59:27 GMT

Alright, everything's A ok now. My brother even apologized last night for being an asshole to me about my studying habits. Those were his exact words too. *sigh*

Ya know, everything's back to normal schedule now....school's almost over, work started up again after not being there for a week due to choir concert/rehearsal schedules....arghh....

For some reason it feels like something's kinda missing. I'm at school now, having fun in the geek pit and everything, but it still feels like something's missing. *vicariously bangs head against wall* *twitch*

I'm going to be extremely bored till Summer quarter starts. School ends tomorrow officially, and I won't be doing anything for about two-three weeks except work. *sigh* I'm going to die from boredom.....or be close to it anyways.

On the other hand...since two-three people are either leaving or quitting work soon, I'm most likely going to be trained for b-day parties and floor guarding. I don't mind being trained for floor guarding, since I get paid to skate around.... but b-day parties I mind since I have to deal with the parents. It's not the kids you have to worry about, it's the parents. They tend to be a little picky, and a little pissy about food, money, and their kids' needs. I don't do b-day parties now, and I already get pissy at them for yelling at the b-day servers. Kuso..('bastard/bitch' in japanese)

Well, I better go. TTYL
-Phoe-chan

school's almost over.....

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:02:33 GMT

Well, spring quarter's finally over for me. All of my finals have been taken care of...I only had two though. My choir final which was our concert that we did on Friday and Saturday night. (which btw was awesome.....sugoi (awesome in japanese).
I had my history final this morning. It wasn't that bad, I think the hardest part wasn't the essay questions, but in fact the terms which we had to have dates for at least five of them. There were 15 listed. *bangs head against wall* *sigh* oh well, it could've been worse.

Why am I taking a class during summer? 'Cause I have nothing better to do in my time except for work. Grrrrr.... I'm taking Japanese 101 this summer. What really sucks though is that summer quarter is only about a month long...which means that this language class is a teeny bit accelerated with the work load wise. *sigh* oh well....but I really want to learn japanese, since it's a freakin' sugoi language. It makes so much more sense than English ever will....English is the most messed up language that has ever been created.

Ya know, have you ever felt that over a period of months things seem to be going your way, but then, it all crashes at your feet? That kinda happened to me over the past couple of weeks. Things have been rocky with my brother ('oni-chan'means older brother in japanese in case I ever do use that term) since he seems to be telling me that I haven't been studying enough when I've been studying for at least two-three hours a night. My brother and I have always had a really good relationship with each other, and we trust each other more than we'll ever trust our parents. So being a bit rocky with him was not fun......all the fun was taken out of going home.

Another thing that happened....not nearly as big...
Anime Expo...I really, really want to go. I would go. I want to go. Although.....none of my friends can go since their all busy that weekend!!!!! Why does it have to be the 4th of July weekend??? *sigh* I really want to go to meet the guests that are going to be there. CLAMP, Edward and Alphonse Elric...(character names) *sigh* damn it.....oh well.......

I'm extremely happy though for the fact that I now have a laptop. Which, ironically enough is what I'm using at the moment. Hehe, I'm still at school in the geek pit. I should probably go though, if I want to head home before work. Yeah, gotto go. TTYL!
-Phoe-chan

back....kinda

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:02:05 GMT

Well, now, it's been quite a while. A couple of months, the last time I checked.

For updates...a couple of my friends and I were thinking about going to the next anime convention, and that one is Anime Expo which is down in Anaheim, California. So yes, it will cost quite bit for plane tickets and hotel expenses alone. However...I believe that it is worth it simply because.....CLAMP is going to be there! Yes...the one famous...or infamous group, depending on how you look at it, is going to be there. The reason this is a huge deal? Well let's see...CLAMP almost never made public appearences EVEN in Japan. To think that they're going to make an appearence on the west coast in America...is incredible in itself. Not just CLAMP'll be there...the japanese voice actor who did Alphone Elric from FullMetal Alchemist, and the ENGLISH voice actor who did Edward Elric (also from FullMetal Alchemist) is going to be there. So given those two, and CLAMP alone, that's enough incentive to go, even if it is in Anaheim...or to be more precise....the Anaheim Convention Center.

If anyone knows possible hotels that are cheap in the area...preferably near the convention center, please email me the link for it, and thanks!!

The next con after that is of course going to be Kumoricon, and then after that another equally small con, Yaoi con. In which of course, you have to be 18 and older to go for maturity reasons...go figure.

Aside from all of that...I finally got my laptop last Friday. I was happy....I still am happy of course. The only issue is that I can't download anything at all....since my brother created a limited account to which he is the administrator for. So I can't really do anything that I really wanted. Of course, he only wanted to do this so to ensure the safety of my laptop..i.e., protecting it from virusus and whatnot. Of course, shouldn't that be my responsibility since it is my laptop? I know plenty of people who are as good with computers with him, and will be more than happy to help out for free. Yay for having computer geek friends in the geek pit! *sigh* oh, if it was only that easy.

Also, I was going to do a study abroad program to Japan that BCC was offering, but I'm reconsidering it now since I really don't want to spend that much money when I could just be going with friends in the winter like originally planned. Of course, this is all with spectulation though. *shakes head* jeez....what a week

Speaking of which....for those of you who are interested in music, i.e. choir/singing stuff...come to my choir concert that's happening this Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm in the Carlson theatre at BCC. (E building, second story) Tickets are $10, and are sold at the door. Also for people who know they are coming who haven't already talked to me, we are pre-selling tickets through the choir people...so let me know about that, I will pay for the ticket, and you can reimburse me when you see me at the concert. If you know that I won't be seeing you before then, let me know so that way I can put your tickets in Will Call.

The concert has two halves...the first half consists of spiritual and gospel stuff...the second half of the concert (after intermission) consists of musical stuff, mainly stuff from Andrew Lloyd Webber. (He did "Phantom of the Opera"...which we are doing) So let me know about that if you haven't already talked to me, and thanks a bunch!
See ya,
-Phoe-chan

After so long.....

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:37:34 GMT

Bwahahahaha, I am back! *sigh* Sakuracon is over....but there's always next year! There's also Kumoricon in September, and Yaoi Con in October. ^__^

For those who weren't in our group for most/some of the time, here's the link to the pics that Sarah/Ryuichi took for us:

http://pics.livejournal.com/emptyfate/gallery/0000f0wy

This has got to be one of the funniest pics that I have ever seen......a storm trooper w/ Kumagoro!

http://pics.livejournal.com/emptyfate/pic/000e4t1h/g15

There are so many hilarious pics in that gallery....especially the ones from the NG concert, and just the random ones that were taken. Ahhh, that was fun!

For those people who know Prince of Tennis and are/thinking about going to Kumoricon in September, do it! Some friends and I are planning on doing a Prince of Tennis group...the Seigaku regulars. We already have/possible:

Echizen Ryoma (me)
Fuji (Emily from geek pit...may be...)
Eiji (Simone)
Tezuka *or* Oishi (Dani)

Remaining/still open players:
Taka-san
Momo-chan sempai
Inui-sempai
Tezuka *or* Oishi*

Ttyl!
-Phoe-chan

work today...

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:27:39 GMT

Well, it's just as the subject says.

I got called in around...12:30pm this afternoon go to go work ASAP because one of the employees, Warren (fairly old guy..been there for 20-25 years) had fallen behind the skate counter, cut his forearm in the process, and was already sick, had to go home work early. So I got a few extra hours of the deal.

Also...they had me working this evening as well, from 7:15pm-12m. I got off a bit early tonight, thank god. I was originally working blade counter, which I ended up doing for the first part of the session. About an hour or so into the session, about six to seven sizes were completely gone. Sizes 6-11 were completely gone, I had to turn down about 50-60 people today because they all asked for sizes in that range. *sigh* I cried at work today...it wasn't fun at all. Not in that part anyways. My boss though...if there is a boss of the year award, it has to go out to him. It has to. I finally had enough of the blade counter and went up to Mike (my boss) and said, "Mike? We're all out of about six different sizes. What do I do now?" He looks at me right when I start to form tears and says immediately, "Take a break. Now. But first...hit me. It'll make you feel better. Then I'll get you a soda when you're on your break." He was completely serious too. He wouldn't let me go back to either the blade counter or on my break until I hit him. So I did...lightly of course, on the arm. Then he said, "You don't want another wack at it? *me: shakes head 'no'* 'Well, ok. Oh, here's money for your drink. Don't worry about blades anymore, go to snack bar when you're done with your break."

I love my boss..Mike...he's just awesome. I'm serious about what he said too..he really said that. *sigh* I'm so grateful to have such an understanding boss. *checks clock* I'm off to bed....choir dress rehearsal and concert tomorrow! W00t!!!! TTYL!
-Phoe-chan
P.S. Only 6 more days till Sakuracon!

too lazy to write a subject..........

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:58:35 GMT

'ello there again. Well, it's actually gotten better in the past few days for me. Last night was interesting...I had choir rehearsal from 7pm-10pm. The orchestra came, and we, well, rehearesed. The orchestra actually isn't that big...it's a chamber orchestra. Omg though....he hired a harp player! A harp player of all things! When the lady was setting up her harp, at least 10-15 people gathered around her and just stared at the harp...it was so pretty. The orchestra's pretty good too. So are the hired soloists...their really good.

I'm using my old choir dress for the dress I'm wearing at the concert on Saturday...it still fits. I have to shorten it a little bit, but otherwise it's fine. Which is a good thing.

ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT TILL SAKURACON! SEVEN! A WEEK! I'm so excited...

They finally picked a band for Sakuracon. Although I've never heard of them. Camino. I've never heard of them, but then again, they've been having a hard time actually getting a band for Sakuracon. Apparently their website is: www.camino-project.com ...although it's all in japanese, so I can't understand anything.

Ah well, they tried, didn't they?

...well, apparently I'm getting to know the people in the geek pit better. Almost all of them are either: Otaku, and/or gamers. Most of them are going to Sakuracon as well. It should be interesting there.

I'm so glad that the quarter ends before Sakuracon. I was afraid that it might overlap somehow, but then I looked at the dates, and behold...the con is the day after the quarter officially ends. The 23rd is when quarter ends. 24th is the con. That's what I call luck. *bounces* I'm so excited.....Ok, I'm going to the geek pit now. *is in computer lab*
-Phoe-chan

recent events

nittlegrasperfangirl@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:48:22 GMT

Well, things have been getting better as the week progressed. Which is good, because everything started going downhill around Saturday or so. I'm happy though...I got to go to Hot Topic yesterday! W00t! Well, we also went to a couple of other stores on Broadway. Let's see...we went to: Hot Topic, Metro inc., and Red Light. I found a wig for one of my con costumes at Red Light. I also found the gloves I needed. Red Light's costume section..the entire downstairs...O_O It's just incredible some of the stuff we found. Now I know where to go shopping for my next con costumes. Red Light has an incredible selection..though it is a little pricy for the better stuff. Thankfully my wig was on sale ^_^. I also got an Invader Zim t-shirt from Hot Topic.
*suddenly realizes something*

I just realized that I haven't talked to the reject table at all about the con...and it's next week! We haven't even decided what costumes to wear on what day. We still haven't decided that....although we do know that there is going to be a Gravitation and Gundam Wing day, so that rules out two of the days. The other day I have no idea what we're doing though...it might just be to wear whatever you want. If that's the case, then I'm wearing my Edward Elric costume that day. For those who don't know who Edward Elric is, here's a link for a pic of him:

http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/images/content/synopsis/char-edward.jpg

The nice thing about his costume is that he's short. Yep, his actual height is 4'10". Every character in the show makes fun of him because he's so short, and he always explodes in anger when someone does. I'm going to have to work on that. Cosplaying..I should say crossplaying..him should be fun. All my costumes this year are guys..I'm cross dressing the entire time. I'm probably going to bind, at least for my Heero Yuy costume. I can hide them easily enough for my Ed costume with the coat, and Shuichi already looks somewhat like a girl, so it wouldn't really matter. That's going to be interesting though. I can't wait till the con! Whhheeeeee!

I also got my choir evaluation tape done last night. It took me about two to three hours to do, it was so annoying. My tape recorder wouldn't work properly in the beginning. *checks clock* well, I better go. TTYL!
-Phoe-chan
P.S. Only 8 days till Sakuracon!